hawke sidewinder 4-16×50 SF : 10x half mil dot IR Users.

[Tikkat1x]

Hi All,
iv just bought a second hand hawke sidewinder 4-16×50 SF : 10x half mil dot IR,
land compared to my vantage the SF seems to be a bit poor as in with the vantage it’s spot on yard wise at most yardage. I noticed one the sidewinder at 100 yards I was more near the 400 yard mark and it doesn’t seem as sharp either,
anyone else have one and have this proble, or might mine be a bit duff,
thanks.
lee

 

[User00040]

Adjust the zoom a little bit and see if it helps, as it's a 2nd focal plane reticle.

 

[Ratsbadboy]

Hi All,
iv just bought a second hand hawke sidewinder 4-16×50 SF : 10x half mil dot IR,
land compared to my vantage the SF seems to be a bit poor as in with the vantage it’s spot on yard wise at most yardage. I noticed one the sidewinder at 100 yards I was more near the 400 yard mark and it doesn’t seem as sharp either,
anyone else have one and have this proble, or might mine be a bit duff,
thanks.
lee

Is it the earlier Sidewinder or the later version? I've found the earlier version to be mediocre at best but the newer version much better (should be - it was approx double the price!!). I've also found the yardage markings on all my Hawke scopes to be a bit, how can I say, erratic. Some are, as near as I can determine, spot on whereas others are quite a bit off. Obviously the magnification needs to be wound up to max to see the effect, but I've long since given up on using the focus markings for target distance. I just set the focus to eliminate parallax and use the my range finder for distance.

 

[Tikkat1x]

Yes it’s the older version. The new ones only come in MRAD and I don’t do MRAD